Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-05-26
Positively His Last Appear
ance in Public.
JEEMES TERRILL WILL RETIRE
TO PRIVATE LIFE.
Text of the Lecture Delivered Saturday
Night on Little Blunders."

evening of May 21st, 1887:
After u very appropriate introduce
ton by George Garrett, Mr.. Byrns
spoke as follows:
Gentlemen, l am here tonight, not
as DR.. Talmage, with a crowded
house. When DR.. Talmage made
his appearance on this stage it was to
a crowded house. He had those from
a distance he mad old and he had
young. When l look over this audi
ence / find it in II respect repre-
sents the Garden of Eden, when man
was without a help-mate. 1 do not
feel that l have your help as I should
have: but nevertheless we will endeav-
or tonight to entertain you as We
have prcmised-an entertainment on
Little Blunders." | am very I'M
f~avorabIy situated tonight. I was
born in Audrain county l have work
ed and made a living and a big amount
of the money l have made has been
spent in Mexico. L have tried to
live an honorable, pious and christian
life but tonight I feel that l have
been imposed upon by the citizens of
Mexico. I have been fiattered and
told that if 1 would come out and
give an entertainment here l would
have an audience that would be suf-
fcient to pay all the incidental ex-
penses that would be necessary, but
unless they yet come in, the enter,
tainment tonight will be somewhat
at my expense; but nevertheless l
have promised to give you an enter
tainment and with these few remarks
will begin my lecture:
Honorable gentlemen, I propose to
be brief. A hint to the wise is suf,
ficient. / do not suppose that there
is anyone here tonight that is as the
man was that the humorist lecturer
made a little blunder over. So goes
the story: There was a man who APP
preached him and told him he was
very anxious about Z of his broth.
ers. He told him that be had not
smiled for Thirty years and that he
would give anyone fifty dollars to
make his brother smile. The lee
turer told all of the funny jokes that
he could think of, trying to excite
the man in such a way as to cause
him to smile. When the lecturer
had worked himself down and got
ten off the stage he said to the party
who said he would give fifty dollars
What is the matter with that man?'
Why" says he, ''he is deaf ant
dumb I hope none of you are
deaf or dumb, and that you will he
able to understand with a few re-
MAI ks on each point hat we may
discuss, Perhaps l may present tc
you something to dwell upon in you
thoughts wherein man fails and com
mits many hlunders and has to accep
many sad results. WI have a grea
many places that young people go Il
where they should not go; they make
a blunder in 30 doing. We hag'
recorded in the Bible that ''Whereso
ever the carcass is there the eagle
will be gathered together Their
is something meant by this; man,
would not like to be classed thus
There is a eve TO everything
Yon gather together as the eagles
those of you hat fail 10 be christians
d. you go to the saloon? If you d.
you are making a little blunder. Their
are q great many persons making lit
tie hluntIers that think they ar
doing right, yet those little blunder'
} s,e nurling many down to destruc
iion. When ever a man thinks he i
right when lie j. wrong, his lhinkin!
ne is right does not make him right
Many persons fail in this respect.
NV friends, | am very unfuyora
b'v situated to night. The pressure
;lat has been to bear upon me in ti!'
last few days has been such that
would have freely given fifty dollar
to he clear of this. You do no
know the impression that it make.
upon any one. | have been deceiv
ed by the Sc | locked upon as bein!
my friends. | look upon you no
knowing whether l have a friend up
OH .a!tir, and though all earth ma,
be comhined together against me
and though death may sweep MI
away. yet i Lave a friend that viii
not leave nor forsake me. Applause
[ wanted to make mention of tti
wherein / have been effected or i'm
pressed. Ia a certain town som
doctors experimental to see what in
fuence they could have over a wei
man. One of them met him and tol,
him he was i'll, that something wa
the matter with him. The next on,
: told him lie looked very bad. Eacl
one that met him told him he wa
sick. He acknowledged that he di'
feel somewhat bad. And as the,
told him from time to time he fel
worse all the time, until he was il
! such a condition that all their com
bined skill could not save him
Many commit q blunder by no
knowing the Influence they exer
from what they say or do.
Ny friends, ] would say this, | ha'
some interesting themes to present t
to you tonight, but as tn